Magha Puja Day – Sunday, March 5

Sunday, March 5
10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Chanting, meal offering to the monks
• Thai Classical Dance and Thai Music Performance

Magha Puja, sometimes spelled Makha Bucha, is one of the most important dates in the Buddhist calendar. Celebrated on the full moon night of the third lunar month, it is a day of veneration, marking the day nine months after Buddha’s enlightenment when 1,250 of his ordained followers spontaneously gathered to hear Him give a sermon, at which he established the basic tenants of the monastic order – the Sangha. The day is a public holiday in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

10 a.m.

• Pay homage to the Triple Gem, Five precept observation
• Monks’ Sutra Chanting
• Sangadana offering

11 a.m.

• Food offering to monks
• Public lunch gathering
• Thai classical dance and Thai music performance by Sunday School students

12:30 p.m.

• Dharma talk
• The candlelight procession

Please carpool, parking spaces are limited, and use designated parking areas only. *Please do not park on neighborhood streets.